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Jane Addams (1860-1935) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cedarville, Stephenson
County, Ill., September
6, 1860.
Progressive. Social
worker; sociologist;
lecturer;
woman suffrage activist; pacifist; delegate to Progressive National
Convention from Illinois, 1912; candidate for Presidential Elector
for Illinois; received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931.
Female.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian.
English
ancestry. Lesbian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American Civil
Liberties Union; Women's
International League for Peace and Freedom; NAACP.
Died, from cancer,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., May 21,
1935 (age 74 years, 257
days).
Interment at Cedarville
Cemetery, Cedarville, Ill.
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Benjamin Philip Alschuler (1933-2001) —
also known as Benjamin P. Alschuler —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., February
5, 1933.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1968.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Zeta
Beta Tau; American Bar
Association; Elks.
Died March 1,
2001 (age 68 years, 24
days).
Interment at Spring
Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Ill.
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Joan G. Anderson —
of Western Springs, Cook
County, Ill.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 9th District, 1969-70.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters.
Still living as of 1970.
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John Bayard Anderson (1922-2017) —
also known as John B. Anderson —
of Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill.
Born in Rockford, Winnebago
County, Ill., February
15, 1922.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; Winnebago
County State's Attorney, 1956-60; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 16th District, 1961-81; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1972;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1980;
Independent candidate for President
of the United States, 1980.
Member, American
Legion; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
3, 2017 (age 95 years, 291
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Gustav Albert Andreen (1864-1940) —
also known as Gustav Andreen —
of Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Porter, Porter
County, Ind., March
13, 1864.
Republican. Pastor; president,
Augustana College, 1901-35; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1932.
Lutheran.
Swedish
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., October
1, 1940 (age 76 years, 202
days).
Interment at Chippiannock
Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
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William Russell Arrington (1906-1979) —
also known as W. Russell Arrington —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Gillespie, Macoupin
County, Ill., July 4,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1945-54; member of Illinois
state senate, 1955-67, 1967-73 (6th District 1955-57, 4th
District 1957-67, 1st District 1967-73).
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Eta Sigma; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Union
League.
Died in October, 1979
(age 73
years, 0 days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Relatives: Son
of William Parnell Arrington and Ethel Louise (Fanning) Arrington;
married to Ruth Marion Browne. |
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memorial |
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Robert Shillingford Babcock (1915-1985) —
also known as Robert S. Babcock —
of Burlington, Chittenden
County, Vt.
Born in Evanston, Cook
County, Ill., July 22,
1915.
Republican. Rhodes
scholar; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; university
professor; member of Vermont
state senate, 1951-54, 1957-58; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Vermont, 1952;
Lieutenant
Governor of Vermont, 1959-61; candidate for Governor of
Vermont, 1960; member of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1977-81.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American
Political Science Association.
Died in Yuma, Yuma
County, Ariz., September
1, 1985 (age 70 years, 41
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Francis Elisha Baker (1860-1924) —
of Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind.
Born in Goshen, Elkhart
County, Ind., October
20, 1860.
Lawyer;
justice
of Indiana state supreme court, 1899-1902; Judge of U.S. Circuit
Court for the 7th Circuit, 1902-11; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1902-24; died in
office 1924.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, from endocarditis,
in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
15, 1924 (age 63 years, 147
days).
Interment at Oakridge
Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.
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Harry Andrew Blackmun (1908-1999) —
also known as Harry A. Blackmun; "Hip Pocket
Harry"; "Minnesota Twin" —
of Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.; Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn.
Born in Nashville, Washington
County, Ill., November
12, 1908.
Lawyer;
law clerk for U.S. Appeals Court Judge John
B. Sanborn, 1932-33; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1959-70; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1970-94; took senior status 1994;
actor
in the 1997 movie
Amistad, as Justice Joseph
Story.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary;
Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Arlington, Arlington
County, Va., March 4,
1999 (age 90 years, 112
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Henry Sherman Boutell (1856-1926) —
also known as Henry S. Boutell —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., March
14, 1856.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1884; U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1897-1911 (6th District 1897-1903,
9th District 1903-11); delegate to Republican National Convention
from Illinois, 1908;
U.S. Minister to Switzerland, 1911-13; law
professor.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sons of
the American Revolution; Society
of Colonial Wars; Loyal
Legion.
Died, of bronchial
pneumonia, in Sanremo, Italy,
March
11, 1926 (age 69 years, 362
days).
Interment at Pine
Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Mass.
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Marguerite Stitt Church (1892-1990) —
also known as Marguerite S. Church; Marguerite Stitt;
Mrs. Ralph E. Church —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
13, 1892.
Republican. Psychologist;
U.S.
Representative from Illinois 13th District, 1951-63; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1964;
speaker, 1952,
1960.
Female.
Methodist.
Member, League of Women
Voters; Phi Beta Kappa; American
Association of University Women; Delta
Kappa Gamma; Zonta; Beta
Sigma Phi; American
Legion Auxiliary.
Died May 26,
1990 (age 97 years, 255
days).
Interment at Memorial
Park Cemetery, Skokie, Ill.
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Jon Stevens Corzine (b. 1947) —
also known as Jon Corzine —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill., January
1, 1947.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
New Jersey, 2006-10; defeated, 2009.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Walter Friar Dexter (1886-1945) —
also known as Walter F. Dexter —
of Whittier, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
21, 1886.
Republican. President,
Whittier College, 1923-34; secretary to Gov. Frank
F. Merriam; delegate to Republican National Convention from
California, 1932;
California
superintendent of public instruction, 1937-45; appointed 1937;
died in office 1945.
Quaker.
Member, Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Lions.
Died October
21, 1945 (age 58 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Harry Dexter and Margaret (Bell) Dexter; married, August
25, 1910, to Ethel Lenore Smith. |
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Paul Howard Douglas (1892-1976) —
also known as Paul H. Douglas —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Salem, Essex
County, Mass., March
26, 1892.
Democrat. University
professor; economist;
served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Illinois, 1948,
1952,
1956,
1960,
1964,
1968;
U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1949-67; defeated, 1942, 1966.
Unitarian
or Quaker.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Elks; Americans
for Democratic Action; American
Economic Association; American
Philosophical Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon.
Died in Washington,
D.C., September
24, 1976 (age 84 years, 182
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Frank Kershner Dunn (b. 1854) —
also known as Frank K. Dunn —
of Charleston, Coles
County, Ill.
Born in Mt. Gilead, Morrow
County, Ohio, November
13, 1854.
Republican. Lawyer;
circuit judge in Illinois 5th Circuit, 1897-1903; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1907-33.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Andrew
Kershner Dunn and Emily (Armentrout) Dunn; married 1882 to Alice
Trimble. |
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1919 |
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Anne H. Evans —
of Des Plaines, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in California.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 4th District, 1969-70.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters; American
Association of University Women.
Still living as of 1970.
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Jerome New Frank (1889-1957) —
also known as Jerome Frank —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., September
10, 1889.
Lawyer;
member, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-41; chair, U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, 1939-41; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1941-57; died in
office 1957.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died in New Haven, New Haven
County, Conn., January
13, 1957 (age 67 years, 125
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006) —
also known as Bettye Naomi Goldstein —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., February
4, 1921.
Democrat. University
professor; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New
York, 1984.
Female.
Jewish
and Russian
ancestry. Member, National
Organization for Women; Phi Beta Kappa.
Inducted, National
Women's Hall of Fame, 1993.
Died, of heart
failure, in Washington,
D.C., February
4, 2006 (age 85 years, 0
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Buell Gordon Gallagher (1904-1978) —
also known as Buell G. Gallagher —
of Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Granite Springs, Westchester
County, N.Y.
Born in Rankin, Vermilion
County, Ill., February
4, 1904.
Democrat. Ordained
minister; college
professor; president,
Talladega College, 1933-43; candidate for U.S.
Representative from California 7th District, 1948.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in August, 1978
(age 74
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. Elmer David Gallagher and Elma Maryel (Poole) Gallagher;
married, September
1, 1927, to June Lucille Sampson. |
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Thomas Slade Gorton III (b. 1928) —
also known as Slade Gorton —
of Olympia, Thurston
County, Wash.; Clyde Hill, King
County, Wash.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1928.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1959-69; Washington
state attorney general, 1969-81; U.S.
Senator from Washington, 1981-87, 1989-2001; defeated, 1986,
2000; delegate to Republican National Convention from Washington, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2014.
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Charles Humphrey Hamill (b. 1868) —
also known as Charles H. Hamill —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
20, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Charles
S. Deneen, 1898-1905; member, board of managers, Presbyterian Hospital;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 29th District,
1920-22.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Society for International Law; American
Economic Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Charles D. Hamill and Susan Fannie (Walbridge) Hamill; married, May 25,
1910, to Kathleen McDonald Mather-Smith. |
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Lott Russell Herrick (1871-1937) —
also known as Lott R. Herrick —
of Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill.
Born in Farmer City, DeWitt
County, Ill., December
8, 1871.
Lawyer;
county judge in Illinois, 1902-04; justice of
Illinois state supreme court, 1933-37; died in office 1937; chief
justice of Illinois state supreme court, 1936.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi
Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died in Rochester, Olmsted
County, Minn., September
18, 1937 (age 65 years, 284
days).
Interment at Maple
Grove Cemetery, Farmer City, Ill.
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George Horton (1859-1942) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Fairville, Wayne
County, N.Y., October
11, 1859.
U.S. Consul in Athens, 1893-98, 1905-06; Salonika, 1910-11; literary editor, Chicago Times-Herald newspaper,
1899-1901; editor, literary supplement, Chicago American newspaper,
1901-03; U.S. Consul General in Athens, 1906-10; Smyrna, 1911-17, 1919-22; Budapest, 1923-24.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., June 5,
1942 (age 82 years, 237
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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William Kenneth Jackson Jr. (1886-1965) —
also known as William K. Jackson, Jr. —
of Chestnut Hill, Newton, Middlesex
County, Mass.
Born in Denver, Humphreys
County, Tenn., November
18, 1886.
Democrat. U.S.
Attorney for Canal Zone, 1914-15.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha
Tau Omega; Delta
Chi.
Died in June, 1965
(age 78
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sveinbjorn Johnson (1883-1946) —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill.
Born in Holum, Hjaltadal, Iceland,
July
10, 1883.
Democrat. Lawyer; North Dakota
Democratic state chair, 1920-22; North
Dakota state attorney general, 1921-22; justice of
North Dakota state supreme court, 1923-26; resigned 1926;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1936;
candidate for Illinois
state attorney general, 1944.
Lutheran.
Icelandic
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Theta; Gamma
Eta Gamma; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Kiwanis.
Died in Champaign, Champaign
County, Ill., March
10, 1946 (age 62 years, 243
days).
Interment somewhere
in Champaign, Ill.
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Noble Brandon Judah (1884-1938) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
23, 1884.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Illinois
state house of representatives, 1911-12; served in the U.S. Army
on the Mexican border; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
U.S. Ambassador to Cuba, 1927-29.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died February
26, 1938 (age 53 years, 309
days).
Interment at Oak
Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Kenneth Bentley Kramer (b. 1942) —
also known as Kenneth B. Kramer; Ken
Kramer —
of Colorado Springs, El Paso
County, Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., February
19, 1942.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Colorado
state house of representatives, 1973-78; member of Colorado
Republican State Central Committee, 1973-82; U.S.
Representative from Colorado 5th District, 1979-87; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1986.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1998.
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John Albert Lacey (1917-2002) —
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 14,
1917.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Consul General in Singapore, 1964-65.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta.
Died March
25, 2002 (age 84 years, 284
days).
Interment at Ashland
Cemetery, Ashland, Ohio.
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David F. Levi (b. 1951) —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
29, 1951.
Republican. Lawyer;
clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Benjamin
C. Duniway, 1980-81, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Lewis
Powell, 1981-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of California, 1987-90; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 1990-2007.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Still living as of 2007.
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Edward Hirsch Levi (1911-2000) —
also known as Edward H. Levi —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., June 26,
1911.
Lawyer;
law
professor; president
of the University of Chicago, 1968-75; first
Jewish president of a major U.S. university; U.S.
Attorney General, 1975-77.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 7,
2000 (age 88 years, 255
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Carl Stanton Lloyd (b. 1894) —
also known as Carl S. Lloyd —
of Winnetka, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Waverly, Wood
County, W.Va., March
13, 1894.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; village
president of Winnetka, Illinois, 1952-56.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry B. Lloyd and Maude (Jones) Lloyd. |
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Oscar Gottfried Mayer (b. 1888) —
also known as Oscar G. Mayer —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
10, 1888.
Democrat. University
of Illinois trustee, 1935-41.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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William Harvey McSurely (b. 1865) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Oxford, Butler
County, Ohio, January
27, 1865.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Illinois
state senate 5th District, 1894; member of Illinois
state house of representatives 5th District, 1905-06; superior
court judge in Illinois, 1907-12; Judge, Illinois Appellate Court,
1912-.
Presbyterian.
Member, Sigma
Chi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Rev. William Jasper McSurely and Hulda (Taylor) McSurely; married,
October
18, 1892, to Mary Elizabeth Cadman. |
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William Estus McVey (1885-1958) —
also known as William E. McVey —
of Harvey, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Clinton
County, Ohio, December
13, 1885.
Republican. University
professor; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1951-58; died in
office 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Tau.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
10, 1958 (age 72 years, 240
days).
Interment at Linwood
Cemetery, Galesburg, Ill.
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Dawn Clark Netsch (1926-2013) —
also known as Patricia Dawn Clark —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, September
16, 1926.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 12th District,
1969-70; member of Illinois
state senate, 1973-91 (13th District 1973-83, 4th District
1983-91); delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1980,
1996;
Illinois
state comptroller, 1991-95; candidate for Governor of
Illinois, 1994.
Female.
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; League of Women
Voters; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, from Lou Gehrig's
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March 5,
2013 (age 86 years, 170
days).
Interment at Graceland
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Robert Enlow O'Brian (1895-1977) —
also known as Robert E. O'Brian —
of Grand Forks, Grand
Forks County, N.Dak.; Sioux City, Woodbury
County, Iowa; South Laguna, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif.
Born in Bryant, Fulton
County, Ill., July 22,
1895.
Democrat. Locomotive
fireman; automobile
mechanic; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; pastor; president,
Morningside College, 1931-36; Dry candidate for delegate
to Iowa convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933; secretary
of state of Iowa, 1937-39; appointed 1937; defeated, 1938;
president, REO Foods, Inc. (operator of a meat packing
plant), 1944-59; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Iowa 5th District, 1958.
Methodist.
Member, American
Legion; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Delta Kappa; Alpha
Pi Zeta; Freemasons;
Rotary.
Killed when he was hit by a
car on the Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, Orange
County, Calif., October
25, 1977 (age 82 years, 95
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William O'Brian and Mary Catherine (Laemle) O'Brian; married 1920 to Mabel
Day. |
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Henry Merritt Paulson Jr. (b. 1946) —
also known as Henry M. Paulson; Hank
Paulson —
of Barrington, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Palm Beach, Palm Beach
County, Fla., March
28, 1946.
Investment
banker; chief executive officer of Goldman, Sachs; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 2006-.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Nature
Conservancy.
Still living as of 2020.
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William Robert Rivkin (1919-1967) —
also known as William R. Rivkin —
of Illinois.
Born in Muscatine, Muscatine
County, Iowa, 1919.
Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1962-65; Senegal, 1966-67, died in office 1967; Gambia, 1966-67, died in office 1967.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Council on
Foreign Relations.
Died, of a heart
attack, in Dakar, Senegal,
March
19, 1967 (age about 47
years).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Claude George Anthony Ross (1917-2006) —
also known as Claude G. Ross —
of California.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1917.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Mexico City, 1940-41; Quito, 1941-45; U.S. Consul in Athens, 1945-49; Beirut, 1954-56; U.S. Ambassador to Central African Republic, 1963-67; Haiti, 1967-69; Tanzania, 1969-72.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
18, 2006 (age about 88
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Chester Harvey Rowell (1867-1948) —
also known as Chester H. Rowell —
of Fresno, Fresno
County, Calif.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.
Born in Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., November
1, 1867.
College
instructor; newspaper
editor and publisher; member of California
Republican State Committee, 1906-11; delegate to Republican
National Convention from California, 1912,
1928,
1936;
delegate to Progressive National Convention from California, 1912;
member, University of California Board of Regents, 1914-48; California
Republican state chair, 1916-18; member, U.S. Shipping Board,
1920-21.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Tau Delta; Union
League.
Died in Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif., April
12, 1948 (age 80 years, 163
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Leslie Earnest Salter (1895-1964) —
also known as Leslie E. Salter —
of Flossmoor, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Alva, Woods
County, Okla., May 10,
1895.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer;
member of Oklahoma
state house of representatives, 1920-24; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 4th District, 1948; circuit judge in
Illinois, 1953-64.
Baptist.
Member, Acacia;
American
Legion; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Sigma Rho; Phi
Alpha Delta; Alpha
Kappa Psi.
Died in Flossmoor, Cook
County, Ill., February
20, 1964 (age 68 years, 286
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Phyllis Stewart Schlafly (1924-2016) —
also known as Phyllis Schlafly; Phyllis McAlpin
Stewart —
of Alton, Madison
County, Ill.; Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., August
15, 1924.
Republican. Candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois, 1952 (24th District), 1970 (23rd
District); delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois,
1956,
1960
(alternate), 1964,
1968;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 2004,
2008
(alternate), 2012,
2016.
Female.
Catholic.
Member, Daughters of the
American Revolution; Junior
League; Phi Beta Kappa; Pi
Sigma Alpha.
Author
of A Choice Not An Echo and other books; leader of opposition
to the Equal Rights Amendment; founder and president of the Eagle
Forum.
Died, from cancer,
in Ladue, St. Louis
County, Mo., September
5, 2016 (age 92 years, 21
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Werner William Schroeder (b. 1892) —
also known as Werner W. Schroeder —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., December
20, 1892.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, 1932,
1944,
1956;
speaker, 1952;
member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1940-43.
Lutheran.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif.
Burial location unknown.
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Odell Shepard —
of Hartford, Hartford
County, Conn.
Born near Rock Falls, Whiteside
County, Ill.
Lieutenant
Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Beta Kappa.
Burial location unknown.
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David E. Stahl (b. 1934) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April
10, 1934.
Delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 15th District,
1969-70.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1970.
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William Ellery Sweet (1869-1942) —
also known as William E. Sweet —
of Denver,
Colo.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
27, 1869.
Investment
banker; Governor of
Colorado, 1923-25; defeated (Republican), 1924; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Colorado, 1924;
Democratic candidate for U.S.
Senator from Colorado, 1926, 1936 (primary).
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Denver,
Colo., May 9,
1942 (age 73 years, 102
days).
Interment at Fairmount
Cemetery, Denver, Colo.
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Bernard Weisberg (b. 1925) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, December
16, 1925.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Illinois state constitutional convention 11th District,
1969-70.
Jewish.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Order of
the Coif; American Civil
Liberties Union; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Roy Owen West (1868-1958) —
also known as Roy O. West —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Georgetown, Vermilion
County, Ill., October
27, 1868.
Republican. Lawyer;
member, Cook County Board of Review, 1898-1914; Illinois
Republican state chair, 1904-14; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Illinois, 1908,
1912,
1916,
1928
(speaker);
member of Illinois
Republican State Central Committee, 1910; member of Republican
National Committee from Illinois, 1912-16, 1928-32; U.S.
Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Delta
Tau Delta; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Union
League.
Died in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., November
29, 1958 (age 90 years, 33
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Russell Whitman (b. 1861) —
of Evanston, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Plymouth, Plymouth
County, Mass., January
18, 1861.
Democrat. Lawyer;
alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois,
1932.
Unitarian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William H. Whitman and Helen (Russell) Whitman; married, April 3,
1893, to Alice Mason Miller. |
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Frances Elizabeth Willis (1899-1983) —
also known as Frances E. Willis —
of Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif.
Born in Metropolis, Massac
County, Ill., May 20,
1899.
College
professor; Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Valparaiso, 1928-31; Santiago, 1931-32; U.S. Consul in Madrid, 1940-43; London, 1947-50; U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland, 1953-57; Norway, 1957-61; Ceylon, 1961-64.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
She was the first
female career foreign service officer to serve as Ambassador.
Died in Redlands, San
Bernardino County, Calif., July 23,
1983 (age 84 years, 64
days).
Burial location unknown.
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